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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk142649501">*Apologies for cross-posting*<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>Dear Colleague, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – established the TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts to honor the contributions of our outstanding educator and association founder and leader to the field. With this message, we are inviting nominations for the 2025 TIRF Alatis Prize program. The nomination window is open now through October 4, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>For this year’s prize, we invite nominations of outstanding articles or chapters that were published during calendar years of 2023 or 2024. Advanced publications and/or online publications that were first released in 2022 but later published in print in 2023 may also be nominated. TIRF will only consider publications nominated by someone other than the author(s) of the published work. Individuals may only nominate one article/chapter per competition year. An author may have only one article/chapter under review per competition year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>A prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy or planning in educational contexts. Submissions may be articles published in scholarly peer-reviewed journals or peer-reviewed chapters in edited books.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>The following link can be used to learn about eligibility restrictions (see the “2025 Program” tab), important dates, nomination procedures, past recipients, and more: </span><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/alatis-prize/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>https://www.tirfonline.org/alatis-prize/</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>Please help us by sharing this news via your organizational mailing list(s) and/or with anyone who may have interest in nominating a paper for the TIRF Alatis Prize. Many thanks for your support!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>Ryan Damerow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>Chief Operating Officer, </span><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>TIRF</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><i>If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please reply “unsubscribe.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'></span><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/alatis-prize/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><b>TIRF Alatis Prize Recipients</b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>2024: Kate Mahoney, Karen E. Lillie, Kellie Rolstad, Jeff MacSwan, Natalie DuBois, & Tom Haladyna<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>2023: Wayne Wright, Sovicheth Boun, & Virak Chan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>2022: Chris Chang-Bacon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>2021: Kate Seltzer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>2020: Nicholas Limerick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk142649501'>2019: Nelson Flores & Sofía Chaparro<br>2018: Sara Kangas<br>2017: Katherine Mortimer<br>2016: Shondel Nero</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>